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On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Lemond D. Irvin wrote:

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> Help!  On a Win95 machine, how do I reconfigure a com port?  The physical
> com 2 port comes up as com4 and my modem, even though Win95 finds it,
> does not communicate with my internet provider.  I can hook up my modem
> to com1 and it works fine.  Thanks in advance.

I am assuming that you have an external modem you are trying to hook up.

It sounds to me like someone has played with the jumper settings for you
com2 port so that it is actually set to be com4.  I would take a look at
the jumper setting to see if this the case.

Do you have any other serial devices hooked up to this computer?  I
wouldn't change the setting for your second com port back to com2 unless
you are sure there are no other serial devices already using it.

What software are you using to connect to your internet provider?  My
internal modem uses COM4 with Win95 dial-up networking without any
problems.  If you are using a Win3.1x winsock to connect, I would suggest
switching to the Win95 dial-up networking.  If you just use a straight
terminal program, I would try using HyperTerminal to see if it connects.
You could just be running into a program which tries to do its own thing
with the com port and is causing conflicts with Win95.

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David G. Risner                                         dgrisner@netcom.com
Southwestern University School of Law Library               Los Angeles, CA
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